Less tax revenue driving virtualization?

AUSTIN, US: Falling tax revenues, which are straining federal and state IT budgets, and the push for energy-saving technology among public-sector accounts are driving the uptick in demand for virtualization in government.

However, a recent report by CDW Government, Inc. indicates that although nearly three-quarters of federal information technology managers recognize the benefits of virtualization, just 20 per cent say their agencies are harnessing the technology to its fullest.

This is what a press release states, announcing that Hyper9, Inc. and Infinite Group, Inc have entered a strategic partnership in which Infinite Group, Inc. (IGI) will provide virtualization management services to the federal, state and local IT services sector using Hyper9’s Virtualization Optimization Suite (VOS) solution.

The company claims that Hyper9-IGI collaboration combines best practices and leading-edge technology to give IT managers and administrators better business insights into their virtual infrastructure, and help government and commercial clients get more out of their virtualization investments.

“Hyper9’s VOS solution inspects, correlates and monitors configuration, performance, event and historical data across the virtual infrastructure, combining usability and dashboard features with in-depth analytics and reporting to help users find and reclaim virtual resources. Out of the box features including one-click access to data and common tasks, such as "find VMs," "run reports,” and "solve VM sprawl,” giving enterprises better visibility and context to make proactive business decisions.”

“The ease with which VMs can be deployed has led to a growing phenomenon of VM sprawl, increasing the time and expense of managing virtual environments, and undermining the ROI potential of virtualization projects,” said Jason Langone, vice president of Virtualization Services for Infinite Group.